Scope and Contents
The Faulkner Mills Records includes the agreement to form a corporation, 1897; a trial balance, 1897 and statement of assets, 1898; a stock certificate, 1897, for company shares owned by John A. Faulkner; and a document giving Luther Faulkner's attorney power to vote for him at a stockholders' meeting, 1899. Also includes a sample of wool and a cloth sample (swatch). Contains a legal decree: Wamesit Power Co. v. Stirling Mills; Luther W. Faulkner v. Wamesit Power Co., in which Faulkner seeks to force Wamesit to enlarge a canal supplying water to the mill; power for the mill was created by a dam on the Concord River in Lowell.
Dates
- 1897-1899
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
The company was a woolen manufacturer in Lowell, MA. Its founders were Luther W. Faulkner, Frederic F. Faulkner and John A. Faulkner.
Extent
0 cubic feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection includes the agreement to form a corporation, finacial records; a stock certificate, for company shares owned by John A. Faulkner; and a document giving Luther Faulkner's attorney power to vote for him at a stockholders' meeting,. Also includes a sample of wool and a cloth sample (swatch). Contains legal papers relating to water power.
Custodial History
American Textile History Museum Collection, gift of William L. Faulkner.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853